Free cash flow has also risen to Sh13.7 billion compared to Sh5.14 billion over the same period last year due to strong trading results and working capital management.

“We expect free cash flow to be in the range Sh20 billion to Sh21 billion in the full year results,” he said.

Collymore announced that increase in mobile data revenues was as a result of growth in customer numbers of 52 percent to 8.5 million active members and usage per customer that grew by 18 percent.

“Operating cost however declined 22 percent from 24 percent over the same period last year due to cost initiatives focused on transmission costs, inventory costs network operating costs as well as IT operational costs,” he said.

The telecommunications company is urging for allocation of additional frequencies spectrum resources to facilitate nationwide LTE (Long Term Evolution – 4G) rollout.

“In consideration of this we are prepared to provide free broadband access to all public primary schools identified as part of the governments laptop initiative,” he said.